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Allens advises CEFC on financing to support energy efficiency for SMEs
This transaction is a further milestone in the CEFC's support for small-to-medium sized businesses, enabling them to access discount loans aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing emission ...
Recent UK money laundering decision
In this Insight, we explain how this decision is relevant to Australian companies, in demonstrating how proceeds of crime laws may provide rightsholders and activists with an additional lever for seeking company engagement on tackling modern slavery (and, potentially, other human rights issues). ...
New guidance on restructuring your workforce in Vietnam
Dismissing employees whether for under-performance or misconduct has always been a difficult task in Vietnam given the strongly pro-employee labour legislation However the Government has recently issued new legislation in an attempt to level the playing field and create a clearer avenue for ...
Allens advises Aware Real Estate on $600m industrial estate acquisition
The 99-hectare Austrak Business Park estate is Aware Real Estate's largest acquisition to date, and takes Aware's investment in the industrial area to approximately $1.7 billion. Located in Somerto ...
Allens advises Campus Living Villages on new student accommodation financing
The new 11-storey facility, financed through a public-private partnership-style concession framework, is situated within Campus Living Village's existing Griffith University Village and will house ...
Patentability of computer-implemented inventions remains unclear
In this Insight, we unpack Justice Burley's reasoning for the approach taken and consider where this latest judgment (Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) [2024] FCA 212) leaves us on this topical issue. ...
What to expect from the new Labor Government on competition policy? Part 1
On 20 May 2022, the new Labor Government published a competition policy outline that pointed to a strong focus on consumer and small business protections. This Insight outlines the above policy objectives and what these mean for your organisation. ...
Proposed amendments to the PNG Land Act
Amendments to the Papua New Guinea Land Act have been proposed which among other things will restrict ownership of land by non-citizens including PNG incorporated companies that are wholly or partly owned by non-citizen individuals or companies ...
Allens supports marriage equality
Allens is proud to support marriage equality. Allens has a strong commitment to creating a diverse workforce that is inclusive of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer ( LGBTI ...